Kati Kokal

News, as the kids say: Next week will be my last at The Palm Beach Post. In February, I'll begin covering education for @wuwmradio.bsky.social, Milwaukee's NPR station!

I'm so grateful to all the incredible folks at The Post and all the wonderful friends we've made in South Florida. Salud!

Calling all journalists and editors, it's time for another job board post!

Is your newsroom hiring? Drop the details and the link to the posting below. 👇👇👇

ADOPTED: See The Palm Beach Post "Pets of the Week" who found their forever homes in 2024 In total, 33 of The Palm Beach Post's 43 "Pets of the Week" in 2024 were adopted. Here's who found their homes.

Here's a separate link to the gallery if you just need to look at cute dog and cat photos today:
www.palmbeachpost.com/picture-gall...

The recap ends with a shoutout to my own two pets of the week, Cooper and Benny (who is not as large as this forced perspective makes him look). Both are rescues!

Cheers to 2024 and to all the pets of the week far and wide!

One of my favorite parts of this story was putting together the gallery of every "pet of the week" who has been adopted.

The gallery is about halfway through the story linked above.

Every animal has a story.

ADOPTED: All but 10 of The Post's pets of the week found homes in 2024. Here's what to know Here's a look back at the 33 longtime residents of the shelter who were adopted after being featured as "Pet of the Week."

Departing from education news for just a sec to share that 33 of my 'pets of the week' were adopted this year!

The shelter sent me its longest resident each week and The Palm Beach Post ran a short feature on 43 total animals.

Here's our year in review:

www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/l...

started the week with a "this is a great start!" from my editor god help me

honestly it tracks that my first post on this new social media site is about journalism layoffs sigh

How-to guide When journalists lose their jobs, our communities lose a vital lifeline to information that changes the way we vote, the way we understand the world around us and the way we relate to each other. I…

How?
- Reach out to folks affected
- Send cards and venmos if needed
- Signal boost folks who are job hunting
- Share job postings
- Become a community coordinator of a mutual aid network and work with volunteers to connect people with resources.

journalismcommunityaid.wordpress.com/how-to-guide/

✨a reminder that being laid off is not a personal failure✨

The more we as journalists challenge the stigma surrounding needing help from our communities, the faster we can help our colleagues get back on their feet.

Welcome to the community aid network Mutual aid for journalists who have been laid off.

Hearing more news of #medialayoffs. If you know folks affected, consider becoming a community coordinator of a mutual aid network. Here's how.

If you have been affected, check this site for what to do right after a layoff + job hunting links when you're ready.

journalismcommunityaid.wordpress.com